
Vitol, an energy and commodities company, has prolonged its liquefied natural gas (LNG) sale and purchase agreement (SPA) with Brunei Energy Services & Trading (BEST), ensuring LNG supplies for four additional years.

Equinor has secured the green light from the Norwegian authorities for drilling activities in the Norwegian Sea, which will be undertaken with a semi-submersible rig owned by Transocean, an offshore drilling player.

McDermott has landed a major assignment, worth between $750 million and $1 billion, for an expansion project designed to boost offshore oil production at a development operated by the United Arab Emirates-headquartered energy heavyweight Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC).

France-based geophysical services company Viridien and U.S.-headquartered technology player SLB are set to begin a large seismic acquisition and imaging program offshore Egypt that will help explorers and investors identify new opportunities for exploration and enhanced production. Viridien and SLB

Santos has confirmed the ongoing loading of the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo from its gas project off the coast of Australia’s Northern Territory. This LNG cargo is destined for Japan.

The Gulf of Suez Petroleum Company (GUPCO) has put into production mode a new well at an offshore field in the Gulf of Suez, boosting its oil output off the coast of Egypt.

ConocoPhillips Australia (COPA), a subsidiary of the U.S.-headquartered energy giant ConocoPhillips, has completed its drilling program in the Otway Basin off the coast of Australia, with a semi-submersible rig owned by Transocean, an offshore drilling player. As a result, the rig has moved on to an

ADNOC Gas, a subsidiary of the UAE’s Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), has signed off on a multi-year liquefied natural gas (LNG) agreement with India’s Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL).

Scotland-headquartered offshore drilling contractor Stena Drilling has joined forces with Keystone, Norway’s supplier of planning and execution software for well operations, to advance a next-generation, automation-enabled well delivery model.

Equinor has unearthed a new gas and condensate discovery in the North Sea off the coast of Norway, using one of Odfjell Drilling’s semi-submersible rigs.

Houston-based oil and gas company Murphy Oil has encountered non-commercial hydrocarbons during drilling activities at a well off the coast of Côte d’Ivoire on the southern coast of West Africa.

In the wake of rising job losses across the oil and gas sector, nearly six in ten voters across Scotland have thrown their support behind the full development and extraction of North Sea oil and gas, according to new Scotland-wide polling.

Prime Energy Resources Development (Prime Energy), a subsidiary of Prime Infrastructure Capital, has made a natural gas discovery, described as the first major gas find in more than ten years off the coast of the Philippines.

Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor has made a new oil discovery in the Norwegian Sea, using one of COSL Drilling Europe’s semi-submersible rigs.